The Book of Saints
A History of Saints From the Time of Christ to the Present Day
$63.32
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2024
Summary
“God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but what is still more wonderful: He makes saints out of sinners.” –Soren Kierkegaard
Who are saints? The Catholic Church recognizes more than 10,000 people who were “saintly,” but that does not mean “weak.” They had lives of sacrifice, hard work, struggle, and suffering.
Saints often accomplished great things. They took on corrupt governments, battled enriched orthodoxies (occasionally within the Church itself),…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780228105053 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0228105056 |
| Author: | Jo Rose |
| Publisher: | Firefly Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Firefly Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 1.14kg |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 224mm x 280mm |
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Critics Review
This large format hardcover coffee-table style edition of The Book of Saints: A History of Saints From the Time of Christ to the Present Day is beautifully, elegantly, and profusely illustrated throughout. Informative, inspiring, and a joy to simply browse through one page at a time, The Book of Saints is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, family, church, seminary, community, and college and university library Catholic and Christian history collections.
* Midwest Book Review *Jo Rose
Jo Rose holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Cambridge and teaches courses on mythology and European magic traditions at the University of Oklahoma.
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